Early bird gets the...smoke. First belch of the morning as the DL “BR-1” crew prepares to head to Ridge Row out of Bridge 60 on a muggy Friday morning.

Making a great din, a mini PT98 chuffs up the grade for Moscow out of Scranton with some lumber loads for Cresco and some interchange for Slateford Jct on a nice September day in the Poconos.

Living in the Berkshires in the early 90's was a great way to capitalize on the Conrail's "blue boats" on the former NYC B&A. Looking back I can still hear the brace of Dash 8s as they chuffed t... (more)

The LL-1 crew parked the Laural Line power of CNJ 1554 & LV 414 east of Bridge 60. They are seen departing for the Pocono Main with the "Big Alc's" DL 3000 & DL 3648 along with the DL 405 to pic... (more)

This short NS 22K out of Mechanicville Yard powered by a lone dusty M-2 was one of many visual highlights on a memorable trip back to my old haunt in the "Land that Time Forgot". Basically the p... (more)

Heading to Syracuse out of Binghamton on a warm day.

Former B&M now Guilford/ST GP9 '45' reverses some freight off the old Fitchburg Freight Main to the Adams Branch from CPF423 in North Adams on a cold January Day when the ED-3 local out of Deer... (more)

A bit of western 'bonnet' color to brighten up a Vermont spring day at North Bennington near Easter!

After picking up a couple cars from the CP/D&H at CPF499 in Delanson, SMS local with green 'critter' SW1200RS growls up the big grade for it's journey back to Guilderland Industrial Park on the ... (more)

On a muggy and warm Sunday, the Housatonic local is seen heading west on the CSXT Boston Line past the former GE facility after picking up their interchange from freight Q424. The local will soon ... (more)

In the last couple of years finding a well timed late afternoon westbound hasn't been the easiest so this outlawed EDMO from North Adams was a Godsend with a new crew. The lighting window for t... (more)

On a cold moody afternoon in the Taconic Hills of Columbia County, a 90 car Framingham bound Conrail freight approaches the State Line on its journey into New England. The lead SD80MAC compliment... (more)

On a frigid Sunday afternoon, the Hudson local heads back for the "hill" with 20 empties from the ADM Mill in Greenport Center. Ex-Cons 8831 & 8850 are the power for today's job as they creep th... (more)

An early(than usual) southbound CP 414 freight makes it a nice late morning subject as it coasts past the big GE Silicone Plant at Waterford NY from Bells Lane. This train makes it's daily appea... (more)

ALCO DPU POWER IN THE POCONOS? Actually in truth both the PT-98 and LL-1 crews combined their separate trains into one at Mount Cobb Siding. The trains will break apart once again at Tobyhanna ... (more)